High Velocity Rounds

High Velocity RoundsAttack, Ammunition, Projectile, Physical, Payoff
Tier: 3
Level: (1-40)
Cost: (7-602) ManaLoad your Crossbow with Piercing bolts that can consume Fully Broken Armour on enemies to deal extra damage.Fragmentation Rounds
Projectile
Knocks Back Enemies
Bolts Pierce 6 Targets
Vs Armour Broken
Attack Damage: (340-1060)%
Knocks Back Enemies
Bolts Pierce 6 Targets

Ammunition
1 Bolts loaded per clip

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% more Projectile Damage after Piercing an EnemySkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemHighVelocityRounds

High Velocity Rounds is a crossbow ammunition skill. It loads your crossbow with piercing bolts that applies a debuff to enemies with Fully Broken Armour that adds additional physical damage based on the damage dealt by the bolt to each hit against the target.

Skill functions and interactions

As a payoff skill, High Velocity Rounds is unable to apply Armour Break.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Attack Damage	Attack Damage
1	1	1	1	7	150%	340%
2	3	1	1	8	165%	374%
3	6	10	10	9	182%	411%
4	10	15	15	10	198%	448%
5	14	20	20	11	214%	484%
6	18	25	25	12	230%	521%
7	22	30	30	14	246%	557%
8	26	34	34	15	261%	590%
9	31	40	40	17	274%	620%
10	36	46	46	19	287%	651%
11	41	52	52	22	302%	684%
12	46	59	59	25	317%	718%
13	52	66	66	28	332%	754%
14	58	73	73	31	349%	791%
15	64	80	80	35	367%	831%
16	66	83	83	39	385%	872%
17	72	90	90	44	404%	916%
18	78	97	97	49	424%	962%
19	84	104	104	55	446%	1010%
20	90	109	109	62	468%	1060%
21	—	—	—	69	491%	1113%
22	—	—	—	78	516%	1169%
23	—	—	—	87	542%	1228%
24	—	—	—	97	569%	1289%
25	—	—	—	109	597%	1353%
26	—	—	—	122	627%	1421%
27	—	—	—	137	658%	1492%
28	—	—	—	154	691%	1567%
29	—	—	—	172	726%	1645%
30	—	—	—	193	762%	1727%
31	—	—	—	216	800%	1814%
32	—	—	—	242	840%	1904%
33	—	—	—	272	882%	2000%
34	—	—	—	304	926%	2100%
35	—	—	—	341	973%	2205%
36	—	—	—	382	1021%	2315%
37	—	—	—	428	1072%	2431%
38	—	—	—	480	1126%	2552%
39	—	—	—	537	1182%	2680%
40	—	—	—	602	1241%	2814%

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	Bleed IBleed ISupport, Physical Category: Bleed Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, giving it a chance to inflict Bleeding.Supported Skills have 50% chance to inflict BleedingPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Brutality IBrutality ISupport, Physical Category: Brutality Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that deals damage, boosting its Physical damage at the expense of all other Damage Types.Supported Skills deal 25% more Physical Damage Supported Skills deal no Chaos Damage Supported Skills deal no Elemental DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Double Barrel IDouble Barrel ISupport, Ammunition, Projectile Category: Double Barrel Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Crossbow Ammunition Skills, causing them to load an extra bolt at the cost of reload speed.Supported Skills have 30% less Reload Speed Supported Skills load an additional boltPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
II	Ammo Conservation IAmmo Conservation ISupport, Ammunition, Projectile Category: Ammo Conservation Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Crossbow Ammunition Skills, granting a chance to not consume a Bolt when firing.Supported Crossbow Attacks have 20% chance to not consume a boltPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Double Barrel IIDouble Barrel IISupport, Ammunition, Projectile Category: Double Barrel Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Crossbow Ammunition Skills, causing them to load an extra bolt at the cost of reload speed.Supported Skills have 20% less Reload Speed Supported Skills load an additional boltPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Longshot ILongshot ISupport, Attack Category: Longshot Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage from farther away.Supported Skills deal 25% more Attack Damage to enemies further than 7 metres from you, scaling down to no bonus at 3.5 metres or closerPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
III	Bleed IIBleed IISupport, Physical Category: Bleed Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, giving it a chance to inflict Bleeding.Supported Skills have 75% chance to inflict BleedingPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Longshot IILongshot IISupport, Attack Category: Longshot Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage from farther away.Supported Skills deal 35% more Attack Damage to enemies further than 7 metres from you, scaling down to no bonus at 3.5 metres or closerPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Stoicism IStoicism ISupport Category: Stoicism Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attack Skills you use yourself. Supported Skills steadily gain more Damage, up to a cap. This Damage bonus is reset if you Dodge Roll or use a Travel Skill.Supported Skills gain 1% more Damage every second, up to 20% This Damage Bonus resets if you Dodge Roll or use a Travel SkillPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
IV	Ammo Conservation IIAmmo Conservation IISupport, Ammunition, Projectile Category: Ammo Conservation Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Crossbow Ammunition Skills, granting a chance to not consume a Bolt when firing.Supported Crossbow Attacks have 25% chance to not consume a boltPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Execute IIExecute IISupport Category: Execute Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal more damage against enemies on Low Life.Supported Skills deal 50% more Damage with Hits against Enemies that are on Low LifePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	ImpaleImpaleSupport, Attack, Physical Category: Impale Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Attacks, causing them to Impale on Hit but making them unable to Extract Impale themselves.Supported Skills cannot Extract Impale Supported Skills Impale Enemies on HitPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
V	Brutality IIIBrutality IIISupport, Physical Category: Brutality Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that deals damage, boosting its Physical damage at the expense of all other Damage Types, as well as giving Hits from that skill a chance to ignore Physical Damage reduction.Supported Skills deal 30% more Physical Damage Supported Skills deal no Chaos Damage Supported Skills deal no Elemental Damage Hits with Supported Skills have 20% chance to ignore Enemy Physical Damage reductionPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Ricochet IIIRicochet IIISupport, Projectile Category: Ricochet Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports any Skill which creates Projectiles, causing those Projectiles to Chain when impacting terrain, at the cost of any additional Projectiles, as well as causing them to always Pierce.Projectiles from Supported Skills Pierce all Targets Modifiers granting additional Projectiles instead cause Projectiles from Supported Skills to Chain an additional time from terrain per Projectile they would have gainedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Stoicism IIStoicism IISupport Category: Stoicism Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attack Skills you use yourself. Supported Skills steadily gain more Damage, up to a cap. This Damage bonus is reset if you Dodge Roll or use a Travel Skill.Supported Skills gain 2% more Damage every second, up to 20% This Damage Bonus resets if you Dodge Roll or use a Travel SkillPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.

Item acquisition

High Velocity Rounds has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

High Velocity Rounds has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	High Velocity Rounds: No longer consumes Fully Broken Armour. Instead, hitting a Fully Armour Broken enemy will apply a Debuff to that enemy which causes your attack hits against that enemy to deal additional Physical damage equal to 5% of the Physical damage dealt by the High Velocity Round that applied the Debuff.
0.2.0	Many Skills have had their base damage and/or damage growth per level rebalanced. Most of these changes are not specifically mentioned below as the changes are too widespread. The mana cost for all Attacks, Marks and Warcries has been reduced, most notably at higher Gem levels.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.